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Villanova Falls at West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W.V. - In women's basketball action, the Villanova
Wildcats lost a hard-fought
59-55 battle to the West Virginia Mountaineers. With the win, West
Virginia improves to 9-8 overall
and 5-5 in Big East play, while Villanova falls to 12-6 overall and 6-4 in
conference action.

After Villanova sophomore Jenea Skeeters put Villanova up two with
two free throws at 55-53 with 38.7 seconds left, Mountaineer senior Talisha
Hargis scored on an inside move and was
fouled. Hargis connected on the free throw, giving West Virginia a 56-55
advantage with 27.5
seconds left.

Following a Skeeters double dribble, Villanova fouled West Virginia
sophomore Mandy
Ronay who made one of two to give the Montaineers a 57-55 lead with 16.1
seconds remaining. On
Villanova's final possession of the game, senior Jenny Higgins turned the
ball over as West Virginia
took over with 2.3 seconds left. Mountaineer guard Rebecca Burbridge made
two fouls shots with
1.2 seconds on the clock.

Leading 35-28 at intermission, West Virginia scored the first field
goal of the second half to
take a 37-28 lead at the 18:55 mark. Villanova fought back and finally
tied the game at 40-40 with
11:14 remaining. From that point on, the game went back and forth, as
neither team was able to open
up more than a three point advantage.

Villanova was led by Higgins who had 15 points on five three-point
field goals and Skeeters
who went six-of-12 from the field for 15 points and grabbed a team-high
seven rebounds. Also in
double figures for the Wildcats, was junior Jenn Sliwa who tallied 11
points, including three from
behind the arc.

West Virginia was paced by Maria Tchobanova who had 12 points and
Talisha Hargis who
netted 11. Ilse Opstaele added 10 for the Mountaineers.

The Wildcats won the battle of the glass out-rebounding the
Mountaineers 34-25. The teams
were almost identical from the field, as Villanova went 21-of-49, while
West Virginia was 21-of-48.